Red Sunday Morning

Michael Goldberg’s painting recalls a breakfast he shared with fellow artist Joan Mitchell. As he said, “Everything seemed red and I remember being fascinated by the yellow in the eggs.” This lucid, everyday memory gives rise to Goldberg’s energetic scene. While the artist animates the two figures with busy, slashing brushstrokes, a large plate of sunny-side-up eggs, seen at center, seems to call this vibrant world to order.

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